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til the company see fit to finish their road? Is the country run in the interest of a railroad alone, and are we to drive settlers off of these valuable tracts until the company choose to go on with their work, say for ten or twenty years longer? The idea is simply preposterous.
 Secretary Lamar says that nine years delay, with small prospect for the future, is quite enough. From to-day, therefore, all along the line of the Atlantic and Pacific the indemnity lands are open to occupancy by farmers, and if the company have anything to say they must say it to the government. They cannot oust the settler, as heretofore, for he has the authority of the Interior Department to fall back on.
 The land question has come to the front, where it belongs. Reform of abuses has been begun in busi- ness like way. The corporations shall have their rights, no more the people shall have their rights, no less.
 The country has an administra- tion with spinal column. It re- fuses to play into the hands of monopolists for political advan- tage. It dares to check their schemes of aggrandizement in the name of honest dealing and the nations future.
 We hope that MT. Cleveland and his Secretary of the Interior will go still further, and restore every acre of indemnity land throughout the west to the public domain and open it up for settlement.
 There is good reason to believe that this will be done. The sooner the better.
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w. M. D. Lee, the senior mem Der of the Lee-Scott cattle com pany, says in regard to better out look for prices for beef cattle: I'm afraid we will see the grand rush of beeves continue till none exist. Everybody seems to be trying to see who will get rid of his cattle first. Tight times among cattlemen and the enormous losses north will force every northern ranchman to mar ket the last steer and COW he can this year. AS far as Montana and Wyoming are concerned the busi- ness is over. Everybody lost up there seventy-fve per cent last year and winter. They will market the other twenty-five per cent and most of them quit. Beef will go up, but I can't say I believe it will this year; but it looks as if beef would be at a good pricein 1888.
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cer, and one evening Senator Foote, of Mississippi, dropped into the of
 fee to read the proof of speech recently delivered by him in oppo- sition to Henry Clay. The speech was an unusually long one, and the proofs not being quite ready the Senator ensconced himself in a char to wait for them. Suddenly the voice of a typo, who had just got ten a "take" of Foote's manuscript from the hook; rang out from the composing room. Great Jehovah is there no end to these d-d hier- ogylphics? They ought to send that fellow to China to mark tea boxes!' Foote heard it, and glared savagely for few moments, but the ludicrity of the thing finally struck him. and hearty,l laugh, he ordered up the drinks for the whole office.-Tomhstone Prospector.
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The New York Herald in com menting on the order of Secretary Lamar in restoring the lieu lands of the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Company to the public domain, says:
 The Secretary of the Interior, NIT. Lamar, has issued an order which at once opens all the indem- nity lands along the line of the At lantic and Pacific Railroad to set clement. This order, together with the reasons which have made it necessary, will be found Tn full else where.
 At last we have an administra- ton that stands squarely for justice and the rights of honest settlers. It deals blow from the shoulder at one of the intolerable evils of the day and announces the broad prin- eiple of the land for the people.
 It does not deny to the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company any advantage which they may properly claim, but intervenes with the strong hand of the government between a corporation which would monopo- lize the public domain and the farmer who seeks a valid title to his one hundred and sixty acres.
 MT. Lamar's proclamation will be regarded as drastic by the horde of land grabbers, who naturally pro test against interference with their acquisition of large tracts of terri tory for mere song and by meth ods which will not bear the light. The four million farmers in the Country, however, will be glad to know that democratic administra- ton is not run in the sole interest of big corporations, but is jealous of the rights of the poorest settler whose future is in his land and in his hard working family.
 We extend our congratulations to Mir. Cleveland and to his Secretary of the Interior. They have under taken no small tasksRhen they de- ternine to check this ruinous spo- liation of our national domain
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Canada has passed a stock law for the special benefit of Montana ranchmen. Itprovides that allcat- tie running at large within the bounds of the northwest territory shall be taken up and sold by the government officials. Several fine herds wandering over the border from Montana have been confs- cated in this way. z
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There is quite a large number of Mexican millionaires, capitalists and large mine-owners in the city at .present. "It is entirely proba- 'ble," said gentleman engaged in the Mexican trade to an Examiner inquirer, 'that the guests from the neighboring republic now stopping at the Occidental represent $10,0O0,- 900 of Mexican capital or over."
 Among the millionaire guests are Francisco Echegurin, of Mazatlan, representing the. Guadalupe de los Reyes and Guadalupana mines, two of the richest in Mexico; G. Cara mendi, a wealthy merchant and gen eral manager of the Panuco mine, Sinaloa ; Bernalie Acosta, merchant and mine-owner of Mazatlan; Ra- fael Cortina, a capitalist of Sina- loa, and Juan Flames, merchant and mine-owner of Mazatlan, who is ac- compan1ed by his young and very beautiful bride, both enjoying their honeymoon.
 Among the prominent and afflu ent Mexican gentlemen at other ho- tels are M. Valdovinos of La Paz and A. Diaz de Leon of Mazatlan. c. Woolrich, British Consul at Ma zatlan, and N. Marshall, a leading merchant of that place, are also in toWn.-Examiner.
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A dispatch from the City of Mex leo says scientific men here are be- ginning to study the meteorologi- cal phenomena which are believed to be due to the building of rail ways in this country. Recent se- rious damage done by washouts on the northern section of the Mexican Central Road was due to water spouts bursting on the track, and it is a curious fact that waterspouts seem to be attracted by the iron track and telegraph wires, Recent Iy in building the Guadalajara branch of the Mexican Central Railway, it has been noted by the engineers that as fast as the con struction train advances rain fol- lows, and they hold that this is due to the large quantity of steel rails on flat cars, which are carried for ward as fast as the work of con struction permits. The most mo- ticeable fact is, dry in advance of the construction trains and also be- hind them for many miles. Rains beat down, as described, in buck etfuls just where the steel rails are, but only in circles a few miles in diameter.
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Mr. U. B. Freaner, of Sonora, paid the Prospector office a very pleasant visit yesterday, and in the course of conversation related an amusing incident of his early news paper life. He was engaged at the time on the Washington Intelligen-
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An experienced cattleman in con-

An experienced cattleman in con- versation with News reporter in regard to big ranches, attachments, etc., remarked that there is not a case on record, or handed down by tradition, where a man who follow ed the cattle business legitimately failed. "They can't fail, I tell you," he went on to say by way of em- phasis. Being asked to define what he meant by legitimate cattle busi- ness, he said: "A man is legiti- mately in the cattle business when he goes into it the same as he would into any other business. That is to say, when he buys his cattle and pays for them-when he buys them for a reasonable price and not at boom fgures-and puts them on his own land. The increase ofsuch a herd of cattle will yield the owner a fair profit and he will never bust. But if a man buys cattle at boom prices, can't you see that even if he does own the land he keeps them on he must catch the boom at the : same point at which he bought in order to make a legitimate profit. :. Of course if he catches the boom at a point higher than that at which he bought, he will make. But if it ever goes below, and in the nature of things it must sooner or later go below, he must lose. Now if he buy at boom prices and put his cattle on rented or leased land the boom has to go still higher and there remain, in order for him to make profits. Furthermore, if he buy his cattle at boom prices and on time, and then puts them on rented or leased land, the running fool can see the boom has to go still higher in order for him to make profit, because in addition to pro- fits he must make interest on his borrowed capital. With these plain facte before you, and with slight knowledge of the cattle business you can have no dificvlty In un, derstanding the present situation, Don't understand me to say that 8 man who is in the business other wise than legitimately is engaged in it dishonesty, for I mean nothing of the sort. Some of the best men in the country have lost money on cattle, simply by violating a plain law of political economy, Some body is bound to be hurt in every boom, and that somebody is never, or hardly ever, your rascal.-Dal. las News.
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)uId have 1t appear they are.

Semi-oficial reports from Her mosillo, Mexico, place the tribes oi the Yaqui and Mayo riuers in a state of unrest. It is generally be- lieved that another war is immi- nent with them, as mutterings over the course of the government in making preparations to colonize the rich lands in the valleys bor- dering the two rivers are heard all through the Indian villages, The commission which has been busy for some months in plating the lands of the valleys of the Mayo and YaQui rivers has caused great discontent among these semi-civil- ized tribes.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-09-22

Some of Henry Georges adhe- rents place his majority in New York for Secretary of State at 100,- GOO, while others are. ready to pre- dict 150,000, and the very sanquine 100000.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-09-22

The Dodge City Livestock Jour- nal sums up the present situation of the cattle business in the follow ing brief paragraph: While the story is generally circulated that cattle are cheap and can be had al ones own price, yet when you come to make inquiry of parties having cattle to sell, they dsn't appearato be eager to sell unless they can get the top of the market for them. Cattle. are not as cheap as some would have it appear they are.
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HIGHEST MARKET PRICE PAID FOR WOOL AND
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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-13
THE INTERSTATE COMMISSION.

W. H. HEARD (colored), of Charleston, S. c. 4,
who complained to the Interstate Commerce
Commission of discrimination against him,
on account of color, by the Georgia Railroad,
has reduced his complaint to the form of
an affidavit, which document has been
received by the commission. 1t sets forth
that complainant, having purchased a first
class ticket from Cincinnati to Charleston, was,
when in company with Dr. Wesley ]. Gaines
and Mrs. Josie Gansagger, compelled by the
employees of the Georgia Railroad Company at
Atlanta to enter "what is known on said Geor-
gia railroad rs the Jim Crow car" This car,
he AYERS, was inferior to the first-class cars !;
was dirty, and one-half OF it was a smoking
car. He asks that the said Georgia railroad
be compelled to furnish equal accommoda-
ton to persons holding first-class tickets, sir
respective of race or color, according to the
act of Congress in such cases made and pro-
vided -
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A COSTLY STRIKE.

The Lockout I'm the Building Trades
brought to "a CIose-Four Million Dol
lars Out of Pocket.
The great strike in the building trades at
Chicago has ended at last, but the effects are
still present, and many will remain until the
beginning of another building season. Many
handsome structures which had been pro-
jected and for some Of which plans were
completed, Will not be erected this season.
The plans have been locked up until some
future time, and may never eliminate.
conservative architect of prominence says
that il is not an extravagant expression
to say that buildings have been stopped
in consequences of the strike which would
have involved an expenditure of SSOW, 600
The losses to the employees who have been on
strike, or have been locked out in consequences
of the strike aggregate more than 500, 900.
The contractors have also suffered heavy
los ses in maintaining their plants during the
continuance Of the strike. Reckoning but 700
contractors who have sustained loss of S25
a day for sixty days, the total would show
losses amounting 10 100000. Adding this
sum to the losses of the employees will make a
total direct loss incident TO the strikei Of
81 l25, 40 This calculation does not include
the percentage of losses TO the builders upon
work which was in hand, and which could
have been pushed to completion during the
tendency of the strike. A rough estimate on
this class of losses has boen made by prom
inent builder who is familiar with the situa-
ton, and they have been placed at $4,000.
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HURLEY'S HOLOCAUST.
The Unsavory AIcazar Theater Burned
and Ten Lives Lost.

The Unsavory AIcazar Theater Burned
and Ten Lives Lost.
HURLEY, Wis, has again been the scene Of
most disastrous confagration, resulting in a
terrible loss of life and property The fire
started on the stage of the Alcazar Theater
about O'Clock at night, and spread 80 rap
idly that in few minutes the whole build
ing was in flames The flames leaped
from building to building in quick sue
cession, until in a short time the whole
of the business portion of the town be-
tween Third and Fifth avenues was a mass
of fire. The fire broke out shortly before the
opening of the performance at the Alcazsr
and only small audience had assembled at
the place. 1t is almost certain that the fol-
lowing persons met their death in the burned
theater Sadie Wells, Lotto Moore song and
dance woman; Minnie Clifford, Jennie Allen,
Mabel Haley, Laura Brainerd, Sadie McCabe,
colored actress; William Jackson, colored
actor; j. W. Van CURRY, Samuel Haley. This
fire, together with the one of the previous
week, destroyed nearly all of the business
portion of the town, leaving only few stores
standing. The loss from the fire will aggre-
gate about s400, 0O0
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forward for centuries. BY this means the
danger for given regions will be SO well
known that tornado insurance pre-
miums can be estimated Justly, and in
that manner much expenditure saved.
There is every reason to believe that II
the tornado records were carried for
ward for several hundred years an as
tcnishing regularity would be discov-
cred. The statistics already show great
advance in this direction.
The number of tornadoes reported
from Jan. / TO June IL, 1887, is l25.
In 1886 for the same period there were
30, which shows that taken yearly
there are great fluctuations. The fg-
ures so far indicate that 1885 is q very
much milder tornado year than 1886.
In July the Eastern States began to con-
tribute their proportion, in addition to
those still due in the Western States
The most important deduction from
the gnal-serv CO statistics is that
there is no evidence of variation In the
number of tornadoes, but only an APP
parent increase, caused 10y better re-
portor.al and press facilities. 1t would
require vast lapse of time to demon
strate the theory that the cutting away
of forests affects the number and
deadly violence of tornadoes. They
may be considered fixed
characteristic of the United States, like
the geographical formation of the
mountain ranges, and the average
number may be considered as little
subject to change. They seem an in
evitable result of the movement of i'm
mense masses of air over comparatively
level plains, and on the boundaries be-
tween the temperate and torrid zones.
Tomatoes occur in Ind a and Japan
and parts of Europe where land sur
faces are free from extended mountain
ranges. 1t would be a valuable contri-
button to science if the tornadoes that
occur in India and Japan were CLASH
fed and recorded. This might lead to
the further advancement OF the science
of tornado predictions in the United
States, which at present awaits the ac-
ton of Congress to carry it to high
degree of perfection, saving many
lives and much valuable property.
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THE POLITICAL FIELD.

1T is rumored at Washington that Colonel
Morrison will resign from the Interstate Com
merce Commission 10 make another race for
Congress in his old district
THE Union Labor party of Ohio was con-
vened at Columbus July As The Henry
George wing of the party failed to secure any
recognition in the platform, and plank ap-
proving of his land theories was disposed Of
by almost a unanimous vote in the Committee
ON Resolutions. The following brief platform
was adopted:
We indorse the platform OF the Union Labor
party promulgated at Cincinnati Feb. ~, 1887.
and wo further demand at the hands Of the
State That toe fee system be abolished and that
official salaries shall be- commensurate with
the service performed, the same as others /;
that the laws against the employment of
bribery, force, or intimidation to secure nomi-
nations elections to public Office be rigidly
enforced, and that free drinks and lunches be
declared bribery by statute; that all school
books used in the common schools be
printed by the State and furnished ut cost (;
that speculation in the ne0essares OF life, cor
nering" the market, ard dealing in margins"
and futures are ruinous to legitimate business,
highly demoralizinR, and denounce the
courts Of Ohio ia failing to enforce the law de-
claring such acts criminal offenses; that all
determinations by employers against lawful
association of employees to secure their rights
violate the constitutional right OF citizens and
snail Dc declared u 1elOny tnht rdllrOhu prop
erty be assessed for it's salable value.
The following ticket was placed IN nomina-
ton, without any opposition, amid great en-
thusiasm on the part of the delegates, who rose
and cheered each nomination as soon az made:
Governor. John seitz. Of Seneca County (;
Lieutenant Governor, J. +. Mcdonald, Of
O'Connor, OF Hamilton short term, q. w.
Tuttle, OF Lake; Auditor, o. j. Sutton, OF Sum
init; Treasurer, g, nj. Hunter, OF Stark At
fnV, RaEA of 4 oil inc >
member Board of Public Works. Carl A. Rae
der. OF Cuyahoga.
FATHER McGLYNN has been elected q dele
gate to the National Convention OF the United
Labor party to be held at Syracuse, n. Y,
Aug. l6
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ALIEN TO THE CHURCH.
Formal Notice Given of the EXcommunica-
ton of the Rev. DIR. McGlynn.

Formal Notice Given of the EScommunica-
ton of the Rev. Dr. Michigan.
DIR. MCGLYNN has been formally excom-
municSed from the Catholic Church New
York telegram says:
The Papal brief in the case is not long but
is very much TO the point. 1t sets forth the
contumacy OF the priest, and refers, with sor
row. to his presidency in defying the church,
which has been so anxious to see him repent
ana do penance for the scandal he has pro-
voked. IL goes on Mt some length TO explain
the necessity OF the present act, compliments
Archbishop Corrigan on his hrmness and dis
erection, and ends by instructng him TO pub
lIsh the decree of accommodation in his
church diocese at once. This is the last act in
this strange drama, so far the church itself
is concerned. DR. McGlynn is entirely cut off
from it, aud Catholics are not supposed TO
associate with him. All the sacraments are
withheld from him. and the priest who should
even give him absolution on his dying bed
would be liable TO be unfrocked
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TIE EASTERN STATES.

The importation of Pinkerton men into the
Pennsylvania coke regions has greatly in
censed the strikers, and serious trouble is
feared
A FITcHBURG Mass dispatch says: As q
car on the Fitchburg horse railroad was on it's
way TO the fair grounds loaded with ninety
passengers, many of them hanging TO the
platforms and sides of the car, a horse ran
away. Some one shouted: Jump for your
lifel" Passengers rose from their seats in a
panic, forcing those standing between the
seats on 10 the crowded platforms Several
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a wATERY GRAVE.

Twenty-seven Excursionists Lose Their
Lives by the Capsizing of a Schooner.
NEW YORK dispatch reports that the sloop
Mystery, with party of excursionists on
board, was capszed of Barren Island. The
ii lie was tearing out more rapidly THAI a mill
race, and land breeze that was almost gale
gave wild curl to the waves The sloop had
started to come about but the bigness of her
load-there were thirty-seven persons on her
caused delay Then a squall struck her.
Over she went, and men, women aud children
were thrown into the water. Ten were rescu-
ed; the remaining twenty seven were engulfed
by the waters
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persons were pushed OF, and Marian o'Brien,
aged 90, was killed, her neck and skull being
broken. A number OF persons were badly
hurt.
AN explosion occurred IN the Cellonito Man
ufacturing Company's works at Arlington, n
j. Swede named August and Miss Ariana
Muchmore were instantly killed and about
twenty others were seriously injured, none
fatally. The works, three brick buildings,
were totally destroyed The loss is $50, COO
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enable them 10 preserve their claims. Set
tiers who are obliged to leave their claims
ON account OF the drought should be pre-
this cause when they make final proof, but In
such cases proof should not be offered until the
law has been fully complied with after their
return 20 the land. An enforced absence ON
count Of climatic reasons will not imperil thor
claim IL the fact IL established when proof 10
made. and IL proof Is not attempted 70 be made
in advance of the time when the residence. i'm
provement and cultivation required by law can
be satisfac torily shown"
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THE INDUSTRIAL REALM.

"A conference of striking carpenters and
bricklayers with the employers was held at St
Paul, Mimi. and the strikes were declared off
on the basis of ten hours day, and wages the
same as before the strike, for the present year |;
nine hours days work after Jan. /. The
bricklayers' strike at Chicago is of, and the
men have gone to work at eight hours, and
forty cents per hour. Thoy agree to abolish
the walking delegate.
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REVOLUTION IN HAWAII.

kalaI<sus Divested of All Power and the
Gibson Ministry Turned Out.
ADvIcEs from Hawaii, Sandwich Islands,
say that the expected revolution has occurred
and that the Gibson ministry has fallen and
has been replaced by cabinet named by the
people and headed by William NJ Green. King
Kalakaua is permitted to remain on the throne
although Invested of all power, having acceded
to the demand for new constitution, and to
abide by the will of the people.